EEO legislation was prompted by significant social events. List those events and describe how they influenced the passage of various EEO laws.

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1)EEO legislation was prompted by significant social events. List those events and describe

how they influenced the passage of various EEO laws.

2) What are the major federal laws and court decisions that affect the employment process of both large and small organizations?

3) After receiving several complaints of sexual harassment, the HR department of a city library decided to establish a sexual harassment policy.

i) What should be included in the policy?

ii) How should it be implemented?

4) What is the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures? What do they cover and to whom do they apply to?

5) As a marketing manager, you have recently turned down Nancy Conrad for a position as sales supervisor. Nancy believes the denial was due to her gender, and she has filed a sex discrimination charge with the EEOC.

i) List the steps that the EEOC will use to process the charge.

ii) What are Nancy’s options during the process?

6) In what ways do you think HR managers can help other managers deal with discrimination complaints so there is less of a chance employees will feel compelled to report them to the EEOC?

7) In the video, BFOQ 4 U, do you think the employee had a valid case?

i) Please explain the reasons to support your answer. Be specific in your justification.

ii) What should HR do to handle the situation? 

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